ANIFIE, INC. PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: July 26, 2024
1. INTRODUCTION
Anifie, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of its Users (“User,” “your,” or “you”). This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Anifie software (the “Service”), which is accessible through our websites (the “Website”) including but not limited to www.anifie.com.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our Users whose information is collected and stored while using our Software through our Website.
The capitalized terms have the same meaning as ascribed in our Terms and Use (https://anifie.com/term-conditions. The “Terms of Use”) unless otherwise noted here.
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL TREAT IT. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE WITH THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT INFO@ANIFIE.COM.
2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you register to use our Website, we collect personal information (also referred to as personally identifiable information or “PII”) which may include your name, address, online contact information such as your email address or username with associated password or security question and answer, phone number, biometric data, education information, professional or employment-related information, persistent identifier, browsing and search history, information regarding your interaction with our Website, commercial purchase information, photographs, video or audio files containing image or voice, and other personal information. The information so collected will be stored on our servers. Users are able to change their personal information through their online profiles or account settings on our Website. We collect the following information when you register on our Website:
a. Account Information . When you register or create an account on our Website, we may collect your personal information. We may also collect information that does not personally identify you such as (i) your geolocation, and (ii) information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
b. Financial Information . We collect and store your credit card information, but we will store your information you more than is needed. We are also using a third-party payment processor. However, we will update this Privacy Policy when we start using and storing such information. We will also inform you via reasonable means if we start collecting such information from you.
3. HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION?
We collect personal information from you in the following ways:
a. At registration on our Website;
b. In email, text, and other electronic messages between User and our Website;
c. Through mobile and desktop applications User downloads from our Website, which provides dedicated non-browser based interaction between User and our Website;
d. When User interacts with our advertising and applications on third-party website and services, if those applications or advertising include a link to this Privacy Policy;
e. From User placing an order, which includes details of transactions User carries out on our Website;
f. When User subscribes to a newsletter;
g. From User’s responses to a survey;
h. From forms filled out by User;
i. From records or copies of correspondences (including email addresses) if User contacts us;
j. From search queries on our Website; and
k. When User posts information to be published or displayed on our Website.
We collect information from you automatically when you navigate through our Website in the following ways:
a. Usage details;
b. IP addresses;
c. Information obtained through browser cookies;
d. Information obtained through flash cookies;
e. Web beacons on our Website;
f. Web beacons on emails sent by us;
g. Pixel targeting and tracking; and
h. Other tracking technologies.
We collect information from you:
a. Through our third-party business partners:
(i) Firebase
b. Offline through third parties including but not limited to:
(i) social media websites
(ii) websites of partner organizations such as musicians’ websites
4. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We use the information that you provide to:
a. Personalize User experience in using our Website;
b. Provide Users with information, products, or services requested from us;
c. Present our Website and their contents to Users;
d. Provide Users with notices about account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices;
e. Carry out obligations and enforce rights arising from contracts entered into between Users and us, including billing and collection;
f. Notify Users about changes to our Website and any products or services;
g. Allow Users to participate in interactive features on our Website;
h. Improve the Website ;
i. Improve our customer service;
j. Administer contests, promotions, and surveys or other Website features;
k. Process transactions;
l. Anonymize data and aggregate data for statistics;
m. Train our AI using Users’ data with Users’ consent;
n. Contact Users about our products and services that may be of interest;
o. Contact Users about third parties’ goods and services;
p. Enable the display of advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences, although personal information is not shared with advertisers without User’s consent; and
q. Send User periodic emails, in accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 as detailed in Section 14 , via the email address provided by User to (i) send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions; (ii) process orders and send information and updates pertaining to such orders; (iii) send additional information related to User’s product and/or service; and (iv) market to our mailing list or continue to send email to User after the original transaction has occurred.
5. OUR COOKIE POLICY
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to all of these technologies as “Cookies.”
We use Cookies on our Website to (a) help remember and process items in the shopping cart, (b) understand and save User’s preferences for future visits, (c) keep track of advertisements, (d) compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future, and (e) allow trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser Cookies, but it may affect User experience. We honor Do Not Track signals and, if one is in place, we will not track, plant cookies, or use advertising.
We allow third party behavioral tracking and links to third-party web pages. Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our Website. We may use third parties, who have access to User’s personal information to perform some operational functions, such as billing and collection, to provide our services to the User. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Website and welcome any feedback at about these sites. Please contact us at info@anifie.com .
6. HOW DO WE PROTECT INFORMATION WE COLLECT?
We use third party credit card processors to accept payment on our behalf. Our third-party processors generally have SSL. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for these third-party processors.
7. DATA SECURITY MEASURES.
a. Security Measures .
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.
8. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Disclosure of Personal Information.
a. We may disclose aggregated, de-personalized information about our Users that does not identify any individual to other parties without restriction,
b. We disclose personal information to our subsidiaries and affiliates.
c. We disclose personal information to contractors, services providers, and other third parties.
d. We require all contractors, service providers, and other third parties to whom we disclose Users’ personal information to be under contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose them.
e. We will disclose personal information in the event of a merger, sale of business, etc.
f. We require all other third parties, to whom we disclose Users’ personal information, to be under contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to such third parties. which we disclose it to such third parties.
g. We disclose personal information for any other purpose for which the User provided it.
Other Disclosure of Personal Information.
a. We will disclose personal information (i) to comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, (ii) to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes, (iii) if we believe it is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Anifie, Inc., our customers or others, and/or (iv) if it is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Anifie, Inc., our customers, or others, and this includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Third Party Disclosure .
a. We may sell, trade, or otherwise transfer Users’ non-personally identifiable information to others for their use.
b. We provide aggregated, de-personalized information about our Users that does not identify any individual to other parties without restriction, such as for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Choices Users Have About How Anifie, Inc. Uses and Discloses Information.
a. Tracking Technologies and Advertising .
Users can set their browser to refuse some or all the browser cookies, but if the Users disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our Website may not be accessible or function properly.
b. Disclosure of Users’ Information for Third-Party Advertising .
Users can opt-out by checking the relevant form when we collect the data.
c. Disclosure of User’s Information for Targeted Advertising .
Users can opt-out by checking the relevant form when we collect the data.
9. GOOGLE ADSENSE AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses Cookies to serve advertisements to Users on our Website and Platform. Google uses first-party Cookies, such as Google Analytics Cookies, to compile data regarding User interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our Platform. We currently use Google Analytics to collect and process certain Website usage data. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners .
We have implemented advertising features on our Website including: (a) remarketing with Google AdSense; (b) Google Display Network Impression Reporting; (c) Google Demographics and Interests Reporting; and (d) Google’s DoubleClick platform integration.
We use these Cookies to compile data regarding User interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our Website.
10. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
We may sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside third parties your “ Personal Information ” as the term is defined under the California Civil Code Section § 1798.82(h). Additionally, California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits Users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of their Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request for such disclosure, or identification and/or deletion of Personal Information in all our systems that we store on you, please send an email to info@anifie.com or write us at Anifie, Inc., 2151 Michelson Dr., Suite 200, Irvine, California, 92612.
Note that (i) if we delete your Personal Information as requested, we will no longer be able to provide our services to you and (ii) we may need to keep such Personal Information for a while during the shutting down and billing process. If you would like to discuss our Personal Information storage and processing process with us, please send us an email at info@anifie.com or write us at Anifie, Inc., 2151 Michelson Dr., Suite 200, Irvine, California, 92612.
11. CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT
This Section supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy above and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others to our Website, who reside in the State of California (” consumers ” or “ you ”). We adopt this Section to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“ CCPA ”) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Section.
● Right to Request Personal Information .
Upon request, we will provide you with (i) a list of all Personal Information that we have collected on you, (ii) from whom we obtained such Personal Information, (iii) the reason why we collected such Personal Information, and (iv) with whom (if any) we have shared such Personal Information. If we sell your Personal Information or disclose your Personal Information to third parties, upon request, we will provide you with (i) a list of the Personal Information that we have collected on you, (ii) a list of the Personal Information that we sell or disclose to others on you, and (iii) to whom we have sold or disclosed your Personal Information. A consumer can make such a request only twice in a 12-month period.
We require such Personal Information to be able to provide to you our Services.
Unless otherwise specified, we only collect Personal Information from you. We do not use others to provide us with your Personal Information.
● Disclosure of Personal Information .
We only share your Personal Information with service providers, e.g., billing and collection agents, who enable us to provide our Services to you. We do not sell or give your Personal Information to third parties for purposes unrelated to our provision of Services to you.
● Right to have Personal Information Deleted .
Upon request, we will delete all of your Personal Information that we have collected on you and will direct our Service Providers to also delete all of your Personal Information. But note that if we do delete all of this Personal Information, you will no longer be able to use our Services.
● Non-Discrimination Right .
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
● Deny you goods or services.
● Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
● Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
● Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
● Financial Incentives .
However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your personal information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt in consent, which you may revoke at any time.
● Contact Information .
You may contact us (i) at info@anifie.comor (ii) by writing to us at Privacy Officer, at 2151 Michelson St, Ste. 200, Irvine, California, 92612, to (i) make a Personal Information Request, (ii) lodge a complaint about our use or storage of your Personal Information, (iii) ask us to delete such Personal Information, and/or (iv) discuss our Privacy Policy and/or anything that has to do with it. Additionally, in order for us to respond to your request or query, we will need
● Under 16 .
We will not sell your Personal Information if you are under the age of 16 unless we have the consent of your parent or your guardian nor will we sell it if you ask us not to do so.
● Opt Out Right .
Upon your request, we will stop selling your Personal Information (sometimes called your Opt Out Right). You may send the request to Opt Out (i) to info@anifie.com or (ii) by writing to us at Privacy Officer, 2151 Michelson St., Ste. 200, Irvine, California, 92612.
● Personal Information that We Store .
For your information, we store/collect the following Personal Information on you including your name, address, online contact information such as your email address or username with associated password or security question and answer, phone number, biometric data, education information, professional or employment-related information, persistent identifier, browsing and search history, information regarding your interaction with our Website, commercial purchase information, photographs, video or audio files containing image or voice, credit card information, geolocation, and information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
12. COPPA COMPLIANCE (FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 USERS ONLY)
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“ COPPA ”) is a federal legislation that applies to entities that collect and store “Personal Information,” as the term is defined under COPPA, from children under the age of 13. We are committed to ensure compliance with COPPA. Our Website are not intended for children under the age of 13. In addition, we do not direct or target our Website to children under the age of 13. If you would like to know more about our practices and specifically our practices in relation to COPPA compliance, please email us at info@anifie.com .
IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS, USE, OR DOWNLOAD OUR WEBSITE.
13. MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 18
We may limit how we collect, use, and store some of the Personal Information for minors under the age of 18. In some cases, this means we will not be able to provide certain functionality to you. If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal information and your country requires consent from your parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use such personal information.
14. CAN-SPAM ACT OF 2003
The CAN-SPAM Act establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have businesses stop emailing them, and spells out penalties for violations. Per the CAN-SPAM Act, we will:
b. not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses;
c. identify the email message as an advertisement in some reasonable way;
d. include the physical address of Anifie, Inc., which is 2151 Michelson Dr., Suite 200, Irvine, California, 92612;
e. monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used;
f. honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly; and
g. give an “opt-out” or “unsubscribe” option.
If you wish to opt out of email marketing, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from all future marketing correspondences.
15. TERRITORIAL RESTRICTION
Our Website are only available for use and download outside the European Union. Our Website are not available for use or download by residents of, visitors to, or employees of our customers, who reside in the European Union (collectively a “European”). If you are a European, please do not download, register, and/or use our Website. If you are a resident in the United States of America (“US”), you must comply with this Privacy Policy, our Metaverse Terms of Use. If you are a resident of any other country, please ensure compliance with all local laws prior to using our Website.
If you have any questions regarding this Section, please email us at info@anifie.com .
16. MODIFICATIONS TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Anifie, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event we modify this Privacy Policy, such modifications shall be binding on you only upon your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy. We will inform you about the modifications on our Website by posting a modified version of the Privacy Policy page, or by a comparable means within a reasonable time period. Your continued use of our Website shall constitute your consent to such changes.
17. LIST OF THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
We use the following third-party service providers for the provision of services as detailed under the Terms of Use.
Name of Third-Party Service Provider | Contact Information |
---|---|
AWS (US) | Website: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/aws-phone-support/ Address: 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109-5210 |
PayPal | Website: https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/contact-us Address: 2211 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131 |
Google Cloud | Website: www.support@google.com Telephone: (855) 817-0841 |
Additionally, if you have any questions or concerns about our third-party service providers, please email us at info@anifie.com.
18. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/DMCA NOTICE
If you believe that any content on our Website violates your copyright, and you wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“ DMCA Takedown Notice ”)) must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent.
● Your physical or electronic signature;
● Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
● Identification of the material on our Website that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
● Sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
● Your address, telephone number, and email address;
● A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
● A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Our Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Takedown Notices is Yohei Iwasaki, info@anifie.com, at Anifie, Inc., Attn: DMCA Notice, 2151 Michelson Dr., Suite 200, Irvine, California, 92612. You acknowledge that for us to be authorized to take down any content, your DMCA Takedown Notice must comply with all the requirements of this Section. Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact (falsities) in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs and attorney’s fees incurred by Anifie, Inc. in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.
19. CONTACT US.
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
- Privacy Officer
- Email: info@anifie.com
- Address: Anifie, Inc., 2151 Michelson Dr., Suite 200, Irvine, California, 92612
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU USE OUR WEBSITE, YOU HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN OUR TERMS OF USE AND ANY APPLICABLE USER TERMS OF SERVICE OR INFLUENCER TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OUR TERMS OF USE, OR THE APPLICABLE USER TERMS OF SERVICE OR INFLUENCER TERMS OF SERVICE, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.